On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 05:28:22 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:02:20 -0400, Keyser Soze
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Nearly a dozen of my high school buddies live in the DC area.

DC is one of those places where most of the people living there came
from somewhere else. My father was from "dust bowl" Oklahoma but my
mother's side was all from somewhere in Maryland, going back to
colonial times.
My grandfather's people go back to the Hessians from Baltimore and
Anne Arundle and my grandmother's people all came from St Mary's or
Calvert county somewhere, up to ~250 years back.

I just dug up a bunch of stuff for my niece down at the marina in
Ridge.


My mom’s people were in New Haven in the 1650’s.

The Chessers (originally Cheshire) were not there that long ago but
they were certainly in St George Island in the 1730s. The Browns were
around Prince Frederick at around the same time.
The only thing that bothers me about that group was the isolation. If
it wasn't for traveling salesmen and sailors they would all have 6
fingers on each hand ... but I guess that would make then great banjo
pickers ;-)
Both of my grandfathers were traveling salesmen. The Maryland one sold
wholesale groceries bringing hard goods into Southern Maryland and
bringing back produce and seafood.
The Oklahoma guy was an oil field salesman, early in that industry
although I think he also hustled other stuff. There seemed to be a gun
connection too. My grandmother on that side was from a ranching family
(Adair) that was also big in oil later on. They were real "sooners"
living in Oklahoma with the indians long before it was sanctioned by
the government. Records are pretty hard to come by on both sides of
that part of the family.
The CIA/FBI even drew a blank on my grandfather when my dad was
getting his clearance.